#well according to our country she's legal now

[coochiequeens]

Russia gave her a harsher sentence for placing stickers in a grocery store then they do men who kill women.

17 Nov 2023

Russian artist Alexandra Skochilenko has been sentenced to jail for seven years after being found guilty of spreading “false information” about the Russian military by replacing a handful of supermarket price tags with messages criticising the war in Ukraine.

The 33-year-old, known as Sasha, is one of thousands of Russians to be detained, fined or jailed for speaking out against Moscow’s invasion of its neighbour amid an escalating crackdown on free speech and opposition to President Vladimir Putin.

Skochilenko was arrested in her native St Petersburg in April 2022, after an elderly customer at the supermarket found the slogans on the price tags and notified the police.

“The Russian army bombed an arts school in Mariupol. Some 400 people were hiding in it from the shelling,” one read, in reference to Russia’s brutal siege of the southern Ukrainian city. Another said, “Russian conscripts are being sent to Ukraine. Lives of our children are the price of this war.”

Judge Oksana Demiasheva delivered the verdict on Thursday hours after Skochilenko, who has a congenital heart defect and coeliac disease, had made a final statement to the court, asking for compassion and to be set free.

As well as the prison term, the artist was banned from using the internet for three years.

Skochilenko, wearing a colourful T-shirt decorated with a large red heart, reacted with shock to the sentence, covering her face and wiping away tears.

Supporters shouted “shame” and “we’re with you Sasha”, the AFP news agency reported.

Skochilenko’s lawyers left without giving any comment.

Skochilenko’s arrest came about a month after authorities adopted a law effectively criminalising any public expression about the war that deviated from the Kremlin’s official line.

Human rights group Memorial – now banned in Russia – said police spent 10 days interrogating supermarket staff and inspecting security camera footage before arresting the artist.

“They sometimes give less for murder than for five price tags in a supermarket,” Boris Vishnevsky, a politician linked to the opposition Yabloko party, told AFP.

“Hopefully, someday, the pendulum will turn the other way.”

Skochilenko was accused of committing what the state prosecutor described as a serious crime out of “political hatred” towards Russia. He had asked for her to be jailed for eight years.

Skochilenko admitted to swapping the tags but denied that the text written on them was false. She said she was a pacifist who valued human life above all else.

“How weak is our prosecutor’s faith in our state and society if he thinks our statehood and public safety can be ruined by five little pieces of paper?” she said in court.

“Everyone sees and knows that you are not judging a terrorist. You’re not trying an extremist. You’re not even trying a political activist. You’re judging a pacifist,” she said.

Skochilenko’s friends and supporters said the verdict was a disgrace [Olga Maltseva/AFP]

Amnesty International condemned the verdict.

“Her persecution has become synonymous with the absurdly cruel oppression faced by Russians openly opposing their country’s criminal war,” it said in a statement.

Memorial has designated Skochilenko a political prisoner and has launched a campaign calling for her release.

She has already been in detention for nearly 19 months, meaning that her overall term will be reduced by more than two years, since every day served in a pre-trial detention centre counts as 1.5 days of time served in a regular penal colony.

But she has struggled in custody due to pre-existing health conditions, and her need for a gluten-free diet, according to her lawyers and her partner.

According to OVD-Info, a prominent rights group that monitors political arrests and provides legal aid, a total of 19,834 Russians have been arrested between February 24 2022, when Russia began its invasion, and late October 2023 for speaking out or demonstrating against the war.

Also on Thursday, opposition politician Vladimir Milov was convicted in absentia of spreading false information about the army and sentenced to eight years. Milov, who was once Russia’s deputy energy minister and is now an ally of imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny, has left the country.

[good-old-gossip]

Where is the outrage?

“It’s been just over 20 years since CBS News published the sobering photographs that proved the US army was carrying out unspeakable crimes against Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison.

Rape.

Degradation.

Homicide.

Torture, both psychological and physical.

Sexual humiliation.

The revelations of US barbarity were greeted with horror around the world and played a major role in turning opinion against the Iraq War.

In recent days, it has become all too clear that something comparable to Abu Ghraib - and very possibly worse - has been taking place in Israeli prisons since 7 October when the war on Gaza broke out.

This week, appalling leaked video footage captured Israeli soldiers sexually assaulting a Palestinian detainee, just as a report from the Israeli human rights group B’Tselem highlighted the state’s policy of systematic prisoner abuse and torture since the start of the war.

The report, based on interviews with 55 Palestinians detained since the Hamas-led attack on southern Israel on 7 October, is distressing to read.

It provides evidence of degrading treatment, arbitrary beatings and sleep deprivation, as well as the ‘repeated use of sexual violence, in varying degrees of severity’. B’Tselem headlined its report: ‘Welcome to hell.’

While Israeli authorities have denied such accounts, the analysis comes just days after nine soldiers were arrested in relation to the rape of a Palestinian prisoner at the notorious Sde Teiman detention facility.

The victim reportedly suffered a severe injury to his anus, a ruptured bowel, lung damage, and broken ribs.

In addition, last month the Un Human Rights office published a report that found shocking abuses in Israeli military facilities and prisons, where at least 53 Palestinians have died since 7 October.

How have western politicians remained silent on these horrors?

Where is the mass public outrage?

It seems Israeli leaders have been successful in their campaign to normalise rape and other abuses against Palestinian prisoners.

After the arrest of the nine soldiers at Sde Teiman, far-right protesters who stormed the facility were joined by several Knesset members. Justice Minister Yariv Levin said he was 'shocked to see harsh pictures of soldiers being arrested', adding that it was 'impossible to accept'.

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir went even further: 'I recommend the defence minister, the [Israeli army] chief and the military authorities to … learn from the prison service - light treatment of terrorists is over. Soldiers need to have our full support.'

Energy Minister Eli Cohen also came out in strong support of the 'reservists who do holy work and guard the despicable Hamas terrorists, adding: 'We should all embrace them and salute them, certainly not interrogate them and humiliate them.'

The real goal of the arrests might simply have been to present the illusion that Israel is taking action internally against such horrors, in a bid to avoid international war crimes trials at The Hague.

According to a recent report from Ynet, senior Israeli legal officials said: “It’s better that we investigate. Internal investigations save international external investigations.”

In a Haaretz article late last month, law professor Orit Kamir referenced legislation that was passed a year ago to allow for increased punishment in cases of Palestinians who sexually assault Jewish women.

One year on, portions of the Israeli establishment 'are no longer satisfied with doubling punishment …

The state law amendment a year ago was only the trailer, when they were still hesitant and restrained,' she wrote.

'Now the sting is out of the bag, and they renounce the rule of law of the country altogether, and demand to apply the ancient law of revenge: an eye for an eye and rape for rape.

Those who were arrested by the [Israeli army] as a suspect in connection with the 7 October atrocities were, according to their opinion, to be raped in custody by Jewish Israeli soldiers.'

Such abuses are becoming mainstream. There is ample evidence.

Where is the broad global condemnation?

✍️: MEE/Lubna Masarwa, Peter Oborne

[onepiece-oc-archives]

is is ever mentioned when you're officially an adult in the one piece world? because Luffy sets sail at 17 and Koby joins the marines with 16, so perhaps you're considered an adult by that age? But according to Sabo you become a world noble at 18? (aren't you one either way if you're born into a noble family?) But then again, if Sabo wasn't (as some say) planned from the beginning, perhaps one should not place much value in this reasoning - idk. It rather feels like you're considered an adult at 16/17... since the other younger strawhats were also more or less on their own out their (or in Sanji's case having an actual job)... and then again there's Bonney who is 12 by the time she arrives in Sabaody with her own crew so... then there's that^^ (but she might be an expection since she usually looks like she's an adult)

Hi, thanks a lot for your question!

I don't think there's a set age for when you're an adult and in a lot of cases it probably doesn't really matter. Why? Because we're in a world of pirates and many children and teenagers have to learn how to fend for themselves early on, that's just the cruel reality. I'll try to give some ideas regarding the examples you gave and then name my headcanons for what I think the more "official" age limits might be.

First of all, I'd say Bonney is outright disqualified because of her devil fruit. One Piece doesn't really have a form of ID, so they can't check her age, but even if they could... you can't tell me Bonney wouldn't have a fake ID or get her way either way because she's a pirate.

Luffy setting sail at 17 is most likely because Ace sat sail at 17. Also, Luffy is Luffy, so he probably doesn't care about age limits.

I wouldn't say that Sanji having a job is really an issue here because cabin boys are common amongst pirates and so are kids helping out chefs in kitchens. Also, he begged for that job on his first ship and then got given the job by Zeff when they opened Baratie. They did open Baratie together, even though Sanji was a kid, so I can't see him not getting a job here. Who knows if he actually got paid either. I don't think we can apply our definition of what constitutes a job in this case.

Now with Sabo and Koby is where it gets interesting, so this is where I'm gonna get into my own headcanons.

I think the One Piece world might be working with similar age limits/requirements as we do here in Germany. That means you're legally considered of age when you're 18, but you already get to make some important legal decisions when you're 16, very rarely also as early as 14, usually with a legal guardian's approval.

Why do I think this is the case? Being of age with 18 lines up with what you said about Sabo and becoming a Celestial Dragon. Yes, you're born a Celestial Dragon but you probably only get the full privileges of one when you're of age - so, most likely 18. Koby joining the military 16 wouldn't work here in Germany, but it's only one year off and I'm pretty sure the bar used to be lower - which, One Piece takes place in a more historical-esque setting, so we can probably assume 16 would be the minimum age requirement. Especially with the Marines being this present in day-to-day life and supported by the Government.

Why did I say Germany instead of any other country with the same age limit? Well, on one hand because I live here, but also because of one specific reason: Alcohol. Usopp (at least in the live action) got completely wasted at Baratie and I'm pretty sure Baratie is a place that would check your ID if you wanted a drink (at least if it's running normally, not like when Koby and Helmeppo showed up). Usopp is 16 but he still managed to get wasted, most famously off that huge bowl of fruit punch or whatever that was. I'm very sure that that stuff would fall into the category of drinks you'd be allowed to get at 16 in Germany. Light alcohol like wine and beer at 16, hard stuff at 18. Some more hints towards it being like that in the One Piece world too are that Zoro and Nami had no problems getting rum, which is hard alcohol, and they're 19 and 18 respectively. Helmeppo was also easily able to order shots for himself and Koby and he's 20 at that time. What we can definitely be sure of is that the limit isn't 21.

Whatever the age requirements are, I believe that, while they would be universal for anything involving the Marines or the Government and probably be enforced too, in the realm of pirates they don't really matter. Like, as a bartender, are you really going to deny a pirate crew some vodka for their 14-year-old cabin boy? It's either you give alcohol to a kid and maybe pay a fine or you lose a limb - I think the answer is very clear. Different kingdoms could probably adjust the age requirements to their liking, but I don't think they could lower them too much. But I don't know, that's just speculation at this point.

All in all, being in adult in the world of One Piece probably depends a lot more on the respect people have for you and how independent you are than your age.

I hope these rambles helped at all - have a lovely day!

[alexandradel7]

I'm even interested in triggering a person like you. @eternalvoidseeker It's especially pleasant because I'm not really into about this character or the fandom.

Well, it's a shame that grrm would write that would be completely based on the morals of the day. (which he apparently only does in your head)

When for example Catherine de Medici married at 14. I don't understand why it becomes pedo when it's just history and in the public mind of the time it was a common thing for society.

That's not the case now, 5 centuries ago there was such a thing. 15 centuries ago there were things even wilder that society of the time considered normal.

I find it idiotic that I am forced to read that "weirdo paedo" now I am when I talk about the fact that in that medieval 13-14 years marriage and intimacy is common, legal.

And what I have to say is: I consider the modern framework of marriage in civilised countries 16-18 to be ideal and should be so. I am not advocating paedophilia and I am not defending it.

At that time it was believed that a girl grown up as soon as the period began could be a bride. And a little boy could and should watch the chopping off of heads. But it wasn't the best of times and the rules in it, obviously. But it's also obvious that it used to be a common thing for everybody and nobody thought about whether it was right to get married at 12-15 or not. It was a mid-century thing. Which influenced people in a certain way, on the psyche, but the environment considered these things normal and legal - which also means a lot for the person's perception of the world. I find it incredibly idiotic to make that remark and defend myself against that attack when I'm literally saying historical facts and the context of the story in which the characters exist.

I'm saying that for medieval times it was for people - Sansa or any 13-14 year old girl is already a bride. So it wasn't freakin' "illegal paedophilia". Death was kind of a problem too, so people tried to do things quickly. What's complicated about the thought: we don't approve of this order of things now, but in the context of the time it was generally accepted. Doesn't mean it's morally right for our time. But for that time, yes.

I suggest removing all books and paintings by ancient, mid-century artists for the fact that his wife was 14-15. They're paedophiles, it's like looking at Hitler's paintings. It's crazy.

Turn the cheek, isn't that what God taught? Mercy and forgiveness, or are you Old Testament? By the way, Mary was 14 when she married Joseph.

I don't know, hope God is not angry with me for saying that Joseph was not a paedophile, he lived according to the laws of that time and place, 2000 years ago.

[aita-blorbos]

AITA for not divorcing my (30F) husband (30s M), when my boyfriend (30s M) wants me to?

TW for death and cancer.

I know it sounds bad. But I promise, everyone in this situation has the full picture, and there was no cheating or infidelity involved. Some details will be left out or changed for the purpose of anonymity.

We’ll call my boyfriend “Richard,” and my husband “Marty.” Marty and I have a romantic history prior to this situation.

The story starts about 5 years ago. I got pregnant with Richard’s baby. I was not in a relationship with him at the time of conception or birth. Richard has been a great father to our kid the entire time.

During my pregnancy, I was dealing with a lot of difficult emotions, and that showed in my dating life. I was dating Marty for a while, and we were briefly engaged, but I broke off the engagement because he had been lying to me about some important stuff, and I was having feelings for Richard (yay pregnancy hormones).

Then Richard and I dated for a bit - he proposed WAY too soon, and he broke up with me after I rejected him.

After my son was born, there was some back and forth feelings within this love triangle for a bit, but no dating. Ultimately Marty and I got back together, and got married about a year later.

And then Marty died.

I have spent the past 4 years getting over his death. I made some big moves in my career, I moved back in with family because I couldn’t afford rent without Marty, my mom got and beat cancer, my dad’s career got huge, I learned how to coparent with Richard, and I came to terms with being a widow.

I started dating again last year. After my first couple breakups, Richard and I chose to give a relationship a try. We were good co-parents, we were better communicators than last time, and we cared about each other deeply. There’ve been some ups and downs, with our kid having some behavioral issues, and some external factors adding stress, but he was going to propose to me.

And then Marty came back from the dead.

Well, really what happened is that Richard found out that Marty wasn’t actually dead, and brought him back.

Turns out that Marty had been in an accident, lost his memory, and had been living halfway across the country under a new identity. His body had somehow been swapped for a John Doe somewhere between the accident and the morgue - I don’t know exactly how it happened or how the coroner didn’t catch it.

Anyway, Richard flew Marty back out to us. He didn’t remember any of us. We tried for a couple weeks to help him regain his memory, but nothing was working.

Right as he decided to leave back for his existing life, he bumped his head and remembered everything.

So now I’m stuck. I have a fantastic boyfriend, who I was going to marry. But according to my lawyer, I’m still legally married to Marty. And I do still love him - his death didn’t make me stop loving him. But he’s also not exactly the same person - he has the new identity mixed in.

I told my boyfriend that I needed a beat - I have always held the sanctity of marriage in high regards, so I feel like I have a moral obligation to Marty, which makes signing the divorce papers hard.

My family and friends all say I should divorce him and stay with Richard. I signed the divorce papers and put them in the mailbox this afternoon with my friend, but after she left I got freaked out and took them back. My friend told Richard that I’d sent them, and when he found out that I hadn’t, it really hurt him. He pulled out the engagement ring and put it on the desk and basically told me the ball was in my court, and left.

Tonight, when I still didn’t have an answer, he broke up with me.

So am I so wrong for not being able to divorce my husband at the drop of a hat?

[waltwhitmansbeard]

my fair lady: chapter fourteen

here's what came before. tagging @romeoandjulietyouwish as i believe i am now legally obligated to do.

The moon is well into its journey through the night sky, and Keyleth is still awake—and scandalously, she is not alone. She's curled up in her dressing gown on her window seat, a steaming cup of herbal tea in her hands, and looking between the two men in the room with her. Vax is seated on the small cot he's meant to be sleeping on per the sovereign's orders not to leave Keyleth's side, and Percy's pacing a line from the door to the opposite window and back again. Vax's eyes follow Percy as he walks, and Keyleth watches the mischief in them as he contemplates tripping Percy each time he passes by.

"Percy, can you please sit?" she finally says. "You're going to wear straight through the floor."

Percy pauses in front of the door. "Sorry. I just...there's something we're missing."

"The Draconians really think we'd order an attack on our own people?" Vax asks.

"Who knows if they really believe it," Percy replies. "They're angry."

"So am I," Keyleth says. "But angry doesn't get us any closer to answers, and it doesn't get that peace treaty signed."

Vax's jaw clenches at the mention of the peace treaty. "Is that such a bad thing?"

"Vax'ildan," Percy snaps.

"I'm serious. We lost three dozen Ashari that night. Vesrah will be in mourning for months. They tried to kidnap you, Keyleth. I don't know about you two, but I'm not in the mood for peace."

"Vax."

He falls silent when Keyleth says his name. She understands his frustration, his itch for vengeance. She imagines it must be hard for him, to stay cooped up with her when he's more fit for skirting through the shadows, taking real, substantive action. Still, she knows that the best thing for her country is an official end to the war with Draconia—provided, of course, Draconia was not behind the death at the peace celebration. "It feels as though at this rate, it'll take a miracle to get both sides talking to each other long enough to get the accords signed. I know my father is chomping at the bit to resume hostilities. He's convinced Draconia sanctioned the attack."

"But that's just it," Percy says. "Your father negotiated well in the weeks it took to draw up that treaty, but even still, I would argue that Draconia got slightly better terms than we did, which your father was willing to concede for the sake of ending the violence. Killing dozens of Ashari in cold blood on a day of peace only serves to prolong the war and, should we ever be at peace talks again, ensure that Sovereign Korrin does so with the intent to make Draconia suffer. Why risk it?"

Vax hums. "You're right. It does prolong the war."

Percy furrows his brow, confused, but Keyleth knows exactly what Vax is getting at. "Of course!" She sets her tea to the side and stands, starting to pace a little circle of her own. "You're right, Percival, in that now both our nation and Draconia are motivated to keep fighting, because without irrefutable proof of the other's innocence, we'll never believe we weren't just horrifically attacked. King Kruvanis doesn't want to commit to the peace, and quite frankly, neither does my father. And so we fight on."

"But who benefits from that?"

"Exactly, Percy!" She stops pacing, excited. "Who benefits from war?"

"...Oh."

They're all on the same page now. This war has nearly emptied the Ashari Nation's coffers, and she imagines the same is true of Draconia's, but that money didn't disappear into thin air. It's now lining the pockets of blacksmiths, fletchers, elite squads of mercenaries, battle mages, and others who contributed to the war effort. With the signing of the peace treaty, the flow of money from each nation to those who profit from war stops. There are countless stakeholders who would love to see the peace interrupted and the war continue, if only for their own monetary gain.

"This whole thing was a set-up," Keyleth breathes, falling back onto the window seat.

"We need proof," Vax says. "We can't take a hunch to your father, and we definitely can't bring it before Kruvanis."

"When is your sister going back to Zephrah?"

Vax looks at her, confused. "In the morning. Lady Allura is taking her back to begin fortifying the castle, in case of increased aggression. Why?"

Instead of answering, she darts over to the small writing desk in the room and scribbles something on a piece of parchment. After just a few moments, she seals the parchment with her royal insignia. She walks to Percy and hands him the letter. "Percy, go give this to Vex. Have her deliver it to Master Gilmore. He should have records of all transactions made to support the war effort. He should follow the money, starting with whomever we paid the most. That's who has the most to lose by the war's ending."

Percy takes her by the shoulders and plants a big kiss on her forehead. "You are a genius, and a credit to your family."

Keyleth feels her cheeks burn, but she wraps her arms around Percy all the same. "It's a team effort, always. I'm nothing to my people with you." She is still angry with him, still hurt by his confession in the greenhouse, but that doesn't stop her words from being true.

Percy extracts himself from the hug, bows low, and sweeps out of the room, giving a small wave to Derrig as he passes by.

Once the door is closed again, Keyleth tosses herself onto her bed with a sigh. She stares up into the beautifully woven canopy above the bed, and for the first time in days, she feels the feathered wings of hope beating wildly in her chest.

.

"In case you were wondering," Vax says, keeping his voice low, "that was the moment you were ready."

Keyleth twists her head atop her duvet to look at him inquisitively. "Ready?"

"To become sovereign."

And he means it. He's always known, has always been able to see it in her, but her own doubt was her biggest stumbling-block. No more. He needs her to know, needs her to see how utterly capable she is of being the queen her people deserve, the queen she was born to be.

She sits up slowly, her fingers twisting in her lap. "It feels good, taking the steps to ensure my nation is safe, or, at least, closer to safety. I think I'll be ready if I'm able to truly end this war. Which..." She slips off the bed and walks over to stand just a few feet in front of him. His fingers twitch, desperate to reach out and pull her in by the waist, to carefully untie the knot of her dressing gown, to commit the sins he knows will cost him his head someday. She draws herself up tall and says confidently, "I have a task for you."

He tilts his head to the side, a slow smile creeping along his face. "Yes, Your Highness?"

"I need you to set up a meeting between myself and Prince Tiberius."

The smile disappears. "What?"

"A secret meeting, you and I with him and one guard of his choosing, at the place of his choosing. And it needs to happen before we hear back from Master Gilmore."

Vax shoves off of his cot. "Have you lost your mind? Kruvanis may have been the one to sanction your kidnapping from that gala and you want to meet with his son alone?"

Keyleth frowns at him sternly. "Not alone. As I said, you will be there to accompany me, and he should bring a guard as well. I have things I need to discuss with him regarding our fathers' peace treaty."

Vax gapes at her, but she stares back, expression impassable. She's serious, which is the part that terrifies him the most. "Keyleth—" He's begging at this point. "—please. It hasn't even been two days since I pulled a poison dagger out of your leg. Please don't ask me to put your life at risk again."

Her stoic expression softens just a fraction. Her hand jolts forward, as if to take his, then hesitates, before grabbing his hand and squeezing it tight. "What kind of sovereign would I be if I didn't put my own life on the line for my people?"

No, the voice in Vax's head screams. Fuck the people, and fuck the crown, if the cost is her life. He grips her hand and steps forward to duck his forehead to rest against hers. He watches her eyes flutter shut, and for one heartbeat, the space between the two of them feels as comfortable and familiar as it did back in Zephrah, when he would come to her by the light of the moon and feel, as he has so rarely felt before in his life, a true peace.

"I will do as you command, my queen." His voice is a whisper. "But know this: at the first sign of danger, any hint of a betrayal or a trap, and I will strike the prince dead where he stands. He will not find mercy by my hand."

Keyleth's eyes open, and she tilts her head up to look at him. Her lips are agonizingly, tantalizingly close to his. She nods once. "Thank you, Vax'ildan."

He watches her lips move as she says it, and the gods themselves could not be strong enough to stop him. He brings a finger up beneath her chin and, after another heartbeat, when she does not pull away, he kisses her, a kiss so languid and indulgent it tastes like the most delectable mistake he could ever make. She sighs, the fingers of her free hand tangling in the fabric of his tunic. She pulls herself in closer to him, and now the pounding of his heart is dangerous. Derrig is just on the other side of the door, and surely he can hear it, the rush of blood in his ears, the thunder in his chest.

He kisses her once more, twice, and then presses his lips to her forehead. "You should get some sleep," he murmurs, before finally releasing her hand and stepping back.

Keyleth nods, almost dazed, and then turns to begin blowing out the candles. Vax slides onto his cot, willing his racing heart to slow before it kills him. The last candle is extinguished, and Keyleth crawls into her bed. "Goodnight, Vax," she whispers through the dark.

"Goodnight, Your Highness."

[lover-of-mine]

I hate that Taylor had to push to get the venue to do their job properly but I’m relief she did because I have two friends going tonight in barricade and after yesterday i was worried , I really hate someone had to die for this to happen

I know Taylor would've pushed for something today anyway, with the way that she was on stage demanding water for everyone, but the venue would have to do something anyway, because our minister of justice and public safety declared an emergency sanction that from today and on you will have to be allowed into venues with water and in cases of extreme heat, like today (and honestly the whole week, are in an EXTREME heat wave and Rio is already one of the hottest places in the country in a regular day), they will have to offer easy access to water and cooling stations, they are calling them "hydration islands", so they could get a fine if there are still complaints, so right now they are legally obliged to provide water. There's actually a federal law being drafted that will probably be voted on soon that will force any show from now on to provide free water, but the fact that someone had to die for this to happen, I don't even have words really.

But the ridiculous thing is that I was seeing people talking about the show, and specifically why they started to ask Taylor for water, is that apparently the venue ran out of water to sell somewhere between evermore and reputation, so there were still hours left on the show and most people weren't even finding water so they could buy it. And I really wanna fight someone because they weren't selling bottles, they were selling cups, that's the usual in these types of things, but the cups have 200 ml (6.7 oz according to google) and they were being sold for 8 reais. With 7 reais I can buy a pack with 12 of those cups at my local supermarket. Twelve. They were selling one cup for the price of twelve on one of the hottest days of the year. Apparently, the feel-like temperature inside the stadium yesterday was reaching 60ºc or 140ºf in the hottest times of the day, it was still up to 40ºc (104ºf) when Taylor started performing. The situation is infuriating.

I do hope your friends are well and getting hydrated and they had a good time despite the issues tho.

[alexbkrieger13]

She doesn't pull any punches

https://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/fotboll/a/pQ4oPX/fotbolls-vm-kan-stoppas-i-flera-lander-efter-infantinos-krav

Fagerlund: Infantino's demands are quite bizarre

"Give us the money - otherwise the window will be black!".

A Fifa president refuses to broadcast the Women's World Cup in some of Europe's biggest countries unless the championship is valued as highly as the men's.

It sounds like something long-awaited but is actually quite bizarre.

- I also feel like a woman!

Nobody can have forgotten Gianni Infantino's bizarre monologue at a press conference during the men's World Cup in Qatar.

The Fifa president claimed to be Arab, African, gay, guest worker... and woman as well. The last one was added a bit quickly when he realized that it might be a good idea to mention half the world's population.

Infantino is reminiscent of the scandal-ridden representative Sepp Blatter. Two relatively detached men who - according to themselves - are football's answer to, say, Nelson Mandela.

Blatter dreamed of being remembered as a peacemaker in the conflict between Israel and Palestine.

Infantino? In addition to ironing out morally questionable moneybags, he has now found a new calling in life.

"To be very clear, it is our moral and legal obligation not to undersell the Women's World Cup," the Swiss-Italian said in a statement.

Quite upsetting actually

Fifa is said to have rejected tenders that were significantly lower compared to the rights to the men's WC and calls the whole thing "unacceptable". With just two months to go until the championships in New Zealand and Australia, it risks remaining black in the window for millions of Europeans.

Of course it sounds nice with a Fifa president who finally stands up for women's football. Clearly, the great powers England, Germany, France, Italy and Spain should cough up more money if they want to broadcast this summer's WC!

Instead, it is another example of Gianni Infantino living in his own rosy fantasy world. To quote Australian Maya Dodd (former Fifa board member):

- It is actually quite upsetting.

Was treated like a bisak for years

What Infantino forgets is that Fifa's half-hearted treatment of women's football over the years is the main reason for the low bids. Until recently, the product was considered an afterthought to men's football, hence the championships were long sold as a package.

Rights holders bid for the men's World Cup and got the ladies in the bargain, as did the sponsors.

Fifa claims that it is a non-profit organization that works to develop the sport worldwide. In 1991, a first women's world championship was (reluctantly) organized, where minimal sums were spent.

In fact, the ladies didn't even have any prize money to play for until 2007. Twelve years later, during the World Cup in France 2019, the prize pool was ten percent compared to the men's. The reason was that it was simply not the ladies who pulled in the stealers.

Step in the right direction but..

The story behind it matters now that Infantino is gasping that the broadcasters don't see the true value of women's football. Why pay as much for the Women's World Cup as the Men's World Cup when the former championship has been thrown in as a kind of freebie all these years?

Naturally, the Women's World Cup lacks the same high attraction value, largely due to Fifa's own management.

Something Infantino actually admitted in passing, although he doesn't seem to have understood the contradiction in it all.

It must be said that Fifa has started to invest more in women. This summer is the first time that the women's conditions, for example in terms of accommodation, are reasonably equal compared to the men's WC in Qatar. The prize pool is $110 million, barely 25 percent of the men's, but still a big step in the right direction.

Is naive

To think that is enough to convince broadcasters to spend huge sums on a championship - which is also played at inconvenient times for European viewers - is naive.

The UK's situation is relatively unique as the Women's World Cup is one of the government's 'crown jewels'. This means that the championship must be broadcast on open channels that everyone can take part in, which reduces the number of potential rights holders.

If the state-owned BBC and commercial ITV (which have shared the 'crown jewels' in recent years) had really grossly undervalued this summer's championship, it is likely that Channel 4, for example, would have already outbid.

Thus, it is difficult to know what Fifa considers to be "unacceptably" low.

Trying to accelerate returns

Infantino is trying to accelerate the return on a product that until now has not been considered serious. The president cannot patiently build the reputation of women's football, but demands immediate profit money through threats.

He misses the whole point. Maybe unconsciously, probably consciously. Women's football is moving along at a leisurely pace to create a stable platform, a returning audience.

The other day, 60,000 spectators made their way to The Emirates to watch Arsenal take on Wolsburg in the Champions League. 70,000 sat at Camp Nou during the meeting between Barcelona and Chelsea.

35 million people in England and Germany sat in front of the European Championship final last year.

Fifa will come to an agreement with the television companies in the end, but Gianni Infantino must realize that the highest priority cannot be bringing in more money for him and his organization. It's about making up for all the years of neglect and showing sponsors, other power holders and viewers - in black and white - that women's football is actually worth their time and money.

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Hi hi! So I am super interested in The Rebel's Halo, I'd love to hear more about your ocs in that and how they may fit into the themes of the piece!

I haven't touched Rebel's Halo in MONTHS. Let me dust off the cover a little lol.

The thing about RH is that it was born out of a legitimate bipolar manic episode. I wasn't taking my meds and suddenly I was convinced I was going to write the next Hunger Games lol. So the story itself, the premise, its themes, are all a little bit of a jumble.

But I do have some decent-ish character profiles.

Cora is our MC. After a yet to be determined instigating event, the Government assigns Cora a guardian angel as a method of control. She is told of course that the angel, Callistus, is there to guide her to greatness.

Callistus is Cora's guardian angel. He's an anxious little guy.

Cora has a bff whose role is a little unclear to me at the moment.

As for the themes I want to explore, the YA dystopian genre is a pretty well-defined genre tbh. Some of the most common themes include societal control, the role of government, and most importantly social injustices. This got INCREDIBLY long, so I'm putting a cut right here. fair warning, it gets political in the sense that I sound like a poli 101 professor.

I feel as though the way Cora fits in to those themes is pretty ham-fisted. The government seeks to control her to maintain a utopia that doesn't really exist. I want to explore what government really is supposed to do, and to what extent.

Part of that comes from my own indecision regarding my personal political opinions. (I will get a little political here, as I feel that is kind of a major point of the YA dystopian genre)

Some of the major disagreements regarding role of government in modern American politics stems from personal opinion as to how overreaching the federal government should be. The founding fathers were incredibly hesitant to trust a centralized federal government with far-reaching power. Thus the point of federalism. We have individual states with government entities of their own that do the majority of governing for those areas of the country. While the federal government handles cooperation between states and international political situations.

Now, in the modern american two party system, we can boil down some (SOME) policy stances between parties to the question "what is the role of the federal government and how powerful should it be?"

Take for example the question of anti-sodomy laws. If we dig deeper than the obvious homophobic origins, we also have the legal question, does government (state or federal) have the right to enter our private homes and dictate what we do sexually between consenting adults?

Someone who would argue for limited governance would say: no, there is no right for the government to dictate what we can and cannot do between consenting adults in the privacy of our homes.

But someone who believes in states rights and limited federal government may argue: the state government has the right to govern its citizens according to the common desires and beliefs of the people it represents. If the majority of the state population believes that sodomy should not be legal, then the state has that right to legislate that. The federal government does not have the power to dictate how the state government governs its people because the state gov is more representative of those constituents.

ANOTHER person who believes in government intervention may argue: the government does have a right to legislate and govern its constituents in this case even within the privacy of their own home because of [pick a justifiable reason for which the government is expected to intervene, such as personal safety]

This last part brings up a really interesting point in the context of YA dystopian lit and it's the one I would like to explore with Cora and Callistus. Does the government not just have the right, but the responsibility to govern people on the grounds of moral safety? AKA should the government determine and standardize societal morals?

And it's a complex question!

American society is so unbelievably diverse that one persons yuck is their neighbor's yum you know? So, who does the government choose? Should the government choose? If not the government then who? if the gov, then what level?

In RH, I want to really not just explore those questions, but maybe even come to the conclusion of my own journey of political opinion. I have my reasons for opposing anti-sodomy laws in particular, but my answer to the legal questions at hand tend to change depending on the situation.

Does the gov have the right to do x? Often I'll say, yeah.

Does the gov have the responsibility to do y? Well, that changes. Responsibility to protect the safety of its people? yes! To protect the sovereignty of its laws? yes. to mandate moral opinion? no. to ensure that all citizens are fed, watered, clothed, and housed? personally, yes, but some would argue that the gov has no responsibility to house its citizens.

Do i believe in a limited federal government? If yes, then I need to consider how I justify believing that the federal government should fund social safety nets. Those issues get complex too. If the gov is responsible for feeding its citizens, then does it have the right to legislate what food its citizens eat? If the government is limited, then it could be argued that it cant have the right to fund social safety nets such as food stamps or Medicaid. If the government is not limited then where do we draw the line? few limits means the government can define which foods can be bought by food stamps. Such as healthy food initiatives.

Do i believe in a far-reaching government? if yes, then we can easily see things such as marriage protections for lgbt people. They can dictate that the state cannot bar lgbt marriages, or that the state must recognize them. But then, like the previous paragraph, we have overreach like determining food and brands and other specifics that I personally believe should be an individual choice.

That doesn't even get into the religious themes in RH. angels are an obvious piece. But it ties in, if we have an overreaching government then they can standardize morals. and thus have the right to standardize a religion (utilize angels as a method of control/political power). Does freedom OF religion as laid out in Amendment 1, mean freedom FROM religion is also protected? If that's the case then what rights and responsibilities does that grant a citizen when determining standardized morals? Take a look at recent court decisions regarding the ACA.

Freedom of/from religion means that a citizen does not have to abide by another citizen's religious moral code. But religion and moral codes are so steeply related that it is incredibly difficult to unravel the two. I'm an atheist, I have a moral code. My moral code is not related to a religion. But others cannot say the same. How much moral code born from religion is acceptable to enforce on those who do not follow the same religion? If we can unravel them, how do we do that and can we enforce them?

Cora's story, while being dumb as shit and fun and for (older) kids, brings up a lot of very interesting questions and it makes me want to do that thing that some books in schools do where I write reading comprehension and critical thinking questions in the back of the book for students to answer. But that might be a lot for a kid to consider all at once. I know it's hard for me to keep these questions straight enough to come up with answers, let alone answers I 100% stand behind.

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IT IS NOT A PSYOP

Just Stop Oil: Is the UK-based climate movement in the pocket of oil billionaires (on jpost)

Aileen Getty is one of several heirs to the $5.4 billion Getty fortune, which the family acquired through their oil company, founded in 1942. While the company no longer exists today, having been sold in the early 2000s, the money certainly still does, and so people have started questioning if, in reality, Aileen Getty still has active links to the oil industry.

However, unless Getty is investing in oil ventures so secretive that there are no records of them available to the public, the opposite appears to be true. In 2012, she founded the Aileen Getty Foundation, which, according to the foundation's objectives, "supports a wide range of local and global organizations and initiatives that enhance the environment, our communities and the lives of individuals through innovation, preservation, connection and kindness."

Based on this, it would appear that the heiress to an oil fortune has been using her money to combat the very business in which her family found its fortune.

In 2019, Getty provided the foundational grant to establish CEF and has pledged over half a million dollars to their cause, citing her belief that civil disruption is the only way to make a change on the climate emergency front.

Here’s some actual journalism there about Getty’s involvement with the oil industry.

And from a NY Times article These Groups Want Disruptive Climate Protests. Oil Heirs Are Funding Them.

Sharing these goals with the Climate Emergency Fund is the Equation Campaign. Founded in 2020, it provides financial support and legal defense to people living near pipelines and refineries who are trying to stop fossil fuel expansion, through methods including civil disobedience.

Strikingly, both organizations are backed by oil-fortune families whose descendants feel a responsibility to reverse the harms done by fossil fuels. Aileen Getty, whose grandfather created Getty Oil, helped found the Climate Emergency Fund and has given it $1 million so far.  

...

The Equation Campaign started in 2020 with a $30 million pledge, to be distributed over 10 years, from two members of the Rockefeller family, Rebecca Rockefeller Lambert and Peter Gill Case. John D. Rockefeller founded Standard Oil in 1870 and became the country’s first billionaire.

“It’s time to put the genie back in the bottle,” Mr. Case wrote in an email. “I feel a moral obligation to do my part. Wouldn’t you?”  

The statement in the Guardian in 2021:

Fossil fuels made our families rich. Now we want this industry to end by Aileen Getty and Rebecca Rockefeller Lambert

and in comparison the Fox News talking point you’re all regurgitating:

Big Oil heiress funding ‘Just Stop Oil’ group that threw soup on Van Gogh painting

So in summary:

Getty Oil no longer exists, and hasn’t done for 20 odd years.

Aileen Getty had no involvement with the company when was operating, her wealth is inherited.

The Greepoint oil spill took place in 1978.

At this time Aileen Getty was 21, dropping out of university, becoming an anti-war protestor and artist.

She was an AIDS activist in the 80s, and has been an environmental activist for many, many years as well.

There are no public records of her currently, or ever, being involved in the oil industry at all.

Her foundation donates to many environmental causes, including Sea Shepherd, who are the farthest thing from phony.

They also funded the scientists who chained themselves to government buildings not long ago.

Fox News is running many articles about how they are funded by Big Oil, discrediting one of the largest environmentalist action groups out there.

The attack on the art gallery is because they accepted sponsorship from oil companies, which they say is hypocritical as preserving art is pointless when society is due to be destroyed.

This is the same rationale behind the attack on Stonehenge

So maybe you should think about what propaganda you are not immune to.

Just because you don’t like how a particular protest is performed doesn’t make it a psyop for fucks sake.

Omg. Just Stop Oil just broke into the private airfield where Taylor Swift’s private jet was parked and spray painted it orange

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Republicans have unleashed a flurry of lawsuits challenging voting rules and practices ahead of the November elections, setting the stage for what could be a far larger and more contentious legal battle over the White House after Election Day.

The onslaught of litigation, much of it landing in recent weeks, includes nearly 90 lawsuits filed across the country by Republican groups this year. The legal push is already more than three times the number of lawsuits filed before Election Day in 2020, according to Democracy Docket, a Democratically aligned group that tracks election cases.

Voting rights experts say the legal campaign appears to be an effort to prepare to contest the results of the presidential election after Election Day should former President Donald J. Trump, the Republican nominee, lose and refuse to accept his defeat as he did four years ago. The lawsuits are concentrated in swing states — and key counties — likely to determine the race. Several embrace debunked theories about voter fraud and so-called stolen elections that Mr. Trump has promoted since 2020.

In Montgomery County, Pa., the state’s third-largest county, the party is seeking to force local officials to count ballots by hand, evoking debunked conspiracy theories about corrupted voting machines. A case filed by the Republican National Committee in Nevada this month falsely asserts that nearly 4,000 noncitizens voted in the state in 2020, a claim that was rejected at the time by the state’s top election official, a Republican.

If successful, the Republicans’ lawsuits would shrink the electorate, largely by disqualifying voters more likely to be Democrats. They seek purges of voter rolls, challenge executive orders from President Biden aimed at expanding ballot access and create stricter requirements to voting by mail.

Election experts, including some Republicans, say a vast majority of the cases are destined to fail, either because they were filed too late or because they are based on unfounded, or outright false, claims. 

The volume and last minute timing of the cases, along with statements from party officials and Trump allies, suggest a broader aim behind the effort: Laying the groundwork to challenge results after the vote. The claims in the lawsuits may well be revived — either in court or in the media — if Mr. Trump contests the outcome.

“Many of these cases reinforce particular narratives, particularly those about immigrants and voting,” said Jessica Marsden, a lawyer at Protect Democracy, a nonpartisan group that monitors elections. “Putting false claims in the form of a lawsuit is a way to sanitize and add legitimacy.”

Republican lawyers involved said their work was aimed at creating more confidence in elections.

“Our legal efforts are fighting to fix the problems in the system, hold election officials accountable, protect election safeguards and defend the law,” Gineen Bresso, who is running the election integrity operation for the Republican National Committee and the Trump campaign, said in a statement. “While Democrats want a system open to fraud without safeguards, that counts illegal votes, we are committed to securing the election so every legal vote is protected.”

The R.N.C. is leading a broad network of conservative legal groups in the effort. Mr. Trump’s allies, including his daughter-in-law, Lara Trump, took over the committee last March, placing Ms. Bresso in charge of the legal operation and promising a more aggressive strategy. After the 2020 election, the party’s lawyers had at times refused to participate in Mr. Trump’s legal campaign, forcing him to rely on a collection of outsiders who filed cases rife with errors and false claims. Several Trump lawyers have since been criminally charged.

Among them is Christina Bobb, who is now senior counsel on the R.N.C.’s election integrity team. Ms. Bobb recently suggested that she was braced for more litigation after Election Day.

“I’m kind of holding my breath for that,” she said on a recent podcast. “I think we’re in probably, at least litigation-wise, as good of a place as we can be before the election.”

Democrats, too, say they are prepared. The Harris campaign says it has a legal team of hundreds of lawyers and thousands of volunteers. They have played more defense than offense, but have picked some key places to intervene. The campaign recently filed a lawsuit in Georgia against the State Election Board after it made refusing to certify results easier for its members.

“We’re doing more defensive interventions than we’ve ever done before,” Marc Elias, a leading Democratic election lawyer working for the Harris campaign, said in an interview. “I am a big believer that you do not allow the Republicans to bring serious litigation that goes unresponded to.”

The expanded legal effort represents a strategic gamble for the Republican National Committee. The party has typically spent much of its energy on turning out voters — funding extensive organizing operations that knock on doors, run phone banks and track voters. This year, the Republicans and the Trump campaign have largely outsourced those efforts to allied organizations and redirected resources to litigation and other so-called election integrity efforts.

Many of the leaders are new to the party’s legal team.

Several lawyers aligned with Mr. Trump from the last presidential election — including Rudolph W. Giuliani and John Eastman — have suffered personal consequences, including disbarment and criminal charges, connected to their work.

Two of the G.O.P. lawyers facing felony charges in Arizona related to their work four years ago, Ms. Bobb and Boris Epshteyn, are still in the Trump fold. (All four lawyers have pleaded not guilty.) 

Ms. Bobb has remained defiant. “I had the audacity to tell everybody that the election was stolen,” she said in the recent podcast interview, adding, “I think they thought that we would be easier to break.”

Ms. Bresso, however, has a history as an establishment Republican election lawyer. She served on the federal Election Assistance Commission and was for a time associated with a G.O.P. election law firm, Holtzman Vogel. She has said relatively little publicly about Mr. Trump’s false claims about the 2020 election, although it appears her views may have shifted.

In the early days of the pandemic, she co-wrote an opinion piecearguing that state and local governments needed to be given “flexibility” to adjust to the crisis and that expanded access to mail-in votes “might be part of the solution” though it was “no cure all.”

That perspective was soon rejected by Republicans aligned with Mr. Trump, who came to see the surge of mail voting as an attempt to steal the election. After the 2020 election, Ms. Bresso blamed the Covid-era changes to voting procedures for “this landscape that we have in place right now.”

Since then, Ms. Bresso repeatedly participated in meetings of the Election Integrity Network, a leading group of activists who promote or buy into conspiracy theories about voting. During a panel discussion in 2022, she urged those in attendance to “go out and be a poll worker,” adding, “we need to have eyes on the process.”

Under her direction, the R.N.C. has filed several lawsuits seeking to restrict mail voting, including active cases in Pennsylvania, Nevada, Michigan and North Carolina.

The committee has also sought to remove voters from the rolls, filing several recent cases based on false claims that Democrats are signing up vast numbers of illegal immigrants to vote. Some have already been dismissed.

“Democrats continue to put noncitizens first and Americans last as they allow noncitizens to vote,” Michael Whatley, the chairman of the R.N.C., said in a recent news release announcing the Nevada lawsuit.

Studies of prosecutions and state voter data have shown it is very rare for noncitizens to cast ballots.

“The one thing they need in court is evidence,” said Ty Cobb, a former White House lawyer under Mr. Trump, who bemoaned the revival of old falsehoods. “They didn’t have any last time, and they’re unlikely to have any this time.”

Yet, Republicans have found no shortage of allies eager to jump into the legal work.

The list includes America First Legal, a group run by Stephen Miller, a close Trump associate and former policy adviser, and the America First Policy Institute, led by Linda McMahon, a leader of Mr. Trump’s transition team.

The institute has filed election cases in Georgia, Arizona and Texas. In Wisconsin it is defending the town of Thornapple, a tiny community that last week was sued by the U.S. Department of Justice for banning voting machines. The Justice Department says the ban violates accessibility requirements, and election experts argue it will disrupt the vote count.

Some of the institute’s lawsuits are aimed at giving local election officials authority to refuse to certify results.

United Sovereign Americans, a group that describes itself as nonpartisan, has filed lawsuits in nine states. The cases zero in on potential anomalies and minor errors in the voting rolls. The group contends the issues must be resolved before election officials certify the results.

State lawyers have pointed to problems with both the group’s numbers and its approach. A lawyer responding for Pennsylvania wrote in a filing, “Their questions about dates on paperwork, for example, are both factually baseless and irrelevant” to federal law.

Marly Hornik, a co-founder of the group, said it is trying to ensure that U.S. citizens can participate in “an election that is fairly and honestly conducted.”

The group’s lead lawyer is Bruce Castor, a former district attorney in Pennsylvania and Mr. Trump’s defense lawyer in his second impeachment trial. Mr. Castor acknowledged that if the group’s cases don’t succeed before November the arguments could be used to mount challenges after Election Day.

If the results are close enough, a losing candidate can look to the group for evidence of “anomalies” in the vote and decide to contest the result, he said.

“I’ll say, ‘How much money do you have left over from the campaign fund?’” Mr. Castor said. “If he has enough, I think I’d have to hire people to look into it.”

New York Times

By Danny HakimAlexandra Berzon and Nick Corasaniti

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/29/us/politics/trump-2024-presidential-campaign-election-lawsuits.html

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Domestic Violence Lawyer In Delhi

In India, the term "domestic violence" usually refers to violence amongst blood relatives, however it can also include abuse by male family members.

Lawful Requirements:

The Protecting Women from Domestic Violence Act of 2005 defines domestic violence lawyer in Delhi. Domestic violence in India was controlled under Section 498-A of the Indian Penal Code prior to the Domestic violence Act. According to the text, the law was created to protect women from abusive husbands and their families. According to Section 498A of the IPC, it is illegal for the husband or his relatives to harass a woman for dowry. Harassment may manifest as physical or mental. Forced sexual relations may be regarded as harsh, even though marital rape is not illegal in our country. The Indian Penal Code, Section 498A, offers extensive legal action against domestic violence. In contrast to domestic abuse, 498A encompasses any abusive action directed towards women that could push them to take their own lives, cause major injuries, or jeopardize their limbs and general health. Women's emotional, mental, and physical well-being are referred to as their health. Section 498A presents two issues.

The first is that there is no provision in this section that offers compensation or redress to the victim. Second, only married women are covered by Section 498-A. The Domestic Violence Act of 2005 was passed by the Center in order to address these shortcomings.

Indian Domestic Violence Lawyer in Delhi Who Represent Women:

India has a wide range of domestic violence against women, including financial exploitation and verbal, physical, sexual, and emotional abuse.

In India, physical abuse is the most prevalent type of domestic violence against women. According to the Domestic Violence Act, domestic violence is defined as any act that results in bodily harm or puts the victim's life, limb, health, or development in danger. Violent acts, unlawful coercion, and criminal intimidation are all part of physical abuse. Women need to receive legal advice from an attorney, and these issues need to be addressed right away.

One type of coercion related to sexuality and reproduction is sexual violence directed towards women. Marital rape is typically regarded as a kind of sexual abuse. Marital rape is not illegal, nevertheless, unless the victim is a minor. Sexual assault is defined as "any sexual abuse that abuses, humiliates, degrades, or otherwise violates the dignity of a woman" by the Domestic Violence Act.

Words or threats used by domestic partners during domestic violence against women in India are considered forms of verbal and emotional abuse. Human rights experts argue that emotional abuse, a prevalent type of domestic violence in India, is a direct result of verbal abuse. A woman's sense of self-worth is negatively impacted when she is subjected to verbal and emotional abuse.

Economic abuse: It was a big step for the government to include economic abuse in the Domestic Violence Act's list of forms of abuse. Denying the victim and her children access to financial resources or assets is a common way to define economic abuse.

Women have the legal right to file for divorce in the event that any of the aforementioned circumstances occur. A domestic violence attorney should be contacted by the person in question. They can take care of all the necessary paperwork and provide expert guidance on how to handle your divorce.

Delhi Domestic Violence Attorneys:

It's simpler to locate leading domestic violence lawyer in Delhi with Sharks of Law. You can communicate with leading attorneys in New Delhi on Sharks of Law in important courts and tribunals, like the Supreme Court, the National Green Tribunal, the New Delhi High Court, APTEL, and others.

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OneNETnews Investigates: A scandalous right-wing commentator 'Think Before You Sleep' target F*t-Shaming & Acceptance and Cyb*rb*llying combined against freelance independent Californian animator 'Illymation' sparks outrage to deplatforming its video-sharing platform on YouTube [EXCLUSIVE]

(Written by Mitch Williams & Lincoln Albert Loud / Senior Tech Correspondent and Investigative Stringer News Reporter of Nickelodeon News)

TRIGGER WARNING: The following investigative news article discusses emotionally sensitive and offensive content related to online cyberbullying, fat shaming and harassment. Consider to exercise with caution, and prioritize your emotional well-being while reading this I.N.R. If you feel triggered or distressed by such topics, our news readers at OneNETnews recommends to seek support to yourself ASAP, or to click off from reading further in this article. Reader's discretion is STRONGLY ADVISED.

HAWTHORNE, CALIFORNIA -- In the late-Q1 of 2024… An online cyberbullying incident involving a suspected right-wing male conservative commentator by the name 'Think Before You Sleep', and a freelance Californian animator victim 'Illymation' brought out the crippling effects of fat shaming, fat acceptance & harassment. The issue arose when TBYS recently ranted over, in her real life cartoon story on fatphobia that was created by a YouTuber's victim, literarlly accusing her of glorifying minor or medium-level obesity, and promoting unhealthy body image of herself.

26 y/o female animated freelance YouTuber from Hawthorne City, California, United States of America (U.S.A.) named 'Illymation', whose real name as Ms. Ilyssa Grace Levy talks about her past struggles with her fat body image and weight, revealed from her own YouTube video late last Dececember 2023 that she started dieting at the age of 11 y/o in either 2008 or 2009 before launching her animated YouTube channel in the early 'Generation Alpha' years in September 2013.

Before social media, when she was born a decade later in the early 2010s under her 'Gen Z' era, despite efforts to address fatphobia-related issues through in-real-life stories of her self-contents, with a few platforms like Facebook and Friendster (now both separately owned by Meta Platforms Inc. [MPi] and the defunct-Friendster Inc. [Fi]), she faced vicious attacks on criticism, when he recently but allegedly pointing their bad finger from 'TBYS' and his pro-democratic supporters from the online bashers, troll of netizens, and death threats.

An anonymous concern from her Tumblr ask blog post, to be obtained and exclusively investigated to OneNETnews… Her personal information like Ms. Levy (Illymation) aside fatphobic concern was recently targeted and compromised when several pro-online troll of netizens from TBYS have now been completely doxxed, leaving in threathen to deplatform her on their video-sharing platform as she potentially claimed that Ms. Levy violated the California's Penal Code #653.2. But Illymation's claims are being nulled, and is refused to watch and listen the insulting commentary video.

Rather than usual, the online attacks from TBYS, aimed at fat-shaming and accepting her on YouTube, alarming serious public health concerns and has raised double red flags. Instead, the fatphobic behavior from TBYS and his pro-supporters against her, has been widely condemned as a result of a newest online harassment campaign in this said date of the late-Q1 2024. Three (3) of the videos on YouTube from TBYS were taken down for a while, and later reuploaded exclusively in his uncensored video discussion on Rumble.

Moreover, Ms. Levy (Illymation) moved out from Hawthorne City to Sacramento, the said state and her country for safety with paid legal fees from her GoFundMe site, as she recently broke the lease on her home apartment and costing her U$D10,000 (or PHP581,100) because of doxxing and fat-shaming backlash from TBYS back-to-back, according from a Reddit comment post by Lokalexabender.

Reports from Zawn Villines of Medical News Today, criticizing someone for their weight like Ms. Levy (Illymation) can lead to serious health and emotional problems. People who face weight discrimination are more likely to suffer from eating disorders, depression and other medical conditions. The American Psychological Association (APA) has pointed out the harmful consequences of criticizing weight and emphasized the need to encourage a positive view of bodies and acceptance.

In the midst of heated debates, Ms. Levy (Illymation) shared her worst sensitivity & anger, worrying about the intense online abuse that she encountered by calling it a fat Californian kid in the early 2010s. She openly talked about this situation, not quite long ago, in a video that was later removed on YT, but then shared on 'Rumble' titled "Woke YouTuber is Trying to Deplatform Me", where she criticized TBYS and his pro-supporters for their harmful actions. Such consistently physical & online attacks in a cybercrime world, affected personally her new mental health, even though she received a lot of support from her followers and other creators on her video-sharing platform.

Looking ahead in the present day on various social media platforms like TikTok & Facebook (owned individually by ByteDance Limited and MPi) and video-sharing platform 'YouTube' (also own by Google's Alphabet), the public health concern of minor or medium-level of obesity is widespread and highlighted by the situation of body shaming and her animator's image of Ms. Levy. It's clear that the desire to meet these unattainable beauty ideals, when you look at the mirror on your stomach fats from side-to-side, along with the widespread culture of dieting, has led to a harmful atmosphere where judgments and criticisms based on their own looks occur.

Our investigative news team of OneNETnews have turned them over for the anti-TBYS fans with a right-wing male suspect to the California Police and the YouTube headquarters in San Bruno, the said state and country, advising everyone to mass report his main YouTube channel of TBYS, which being looked into it by the California Police. But, a spokesperson of YouTube had refused to take his channel down and removing their Google account, despite of the cyber criminal cases in the ongoing rivalry on both sides.

It is imperative for people to address the root causes of body shaming combined with her animator's image and promote body neutrality and acceptance of her new self slim body. In an article by Dr. Danielle Kelvas of 'Within Health', dietitian experts and specialist officials highlight the importance of having a positive body image, as well as self-acceptance to combat eating disorders, body discrimination and weight stigma.

Between a male right-wing commentator suspect 'Think Before You Sleep' and one Californian independent animator victim 'Illymation'… Online criminals like this represents a technical foul play with his poisonous corruption points, leaving a victim to immune herself for safety and the unlawful reminders of the damaging effects of online harassment, cyberbullying and discrimination that really needs to cultivate an inclusive and compassionate online community. Hence, the online netizens from YouTube and other social media platforms takes a stand against toxicity and the unregulated online behaviors for the well-being of all individuals, regardless of their size or appearance of Ms. Levy (Illymation).

He will now soon potentially face legal consequences in the press charges convicted by the American court for 'TBYS', resulted in the upcoming termination of his YouTube channel within a shorter months time (without bail or appeal) if criticially found guilty, in relation to fatphobic motives, public harassments, discrimination, cyberbullying and doxxing by online netizens against 'Illymation'.

CONTRIBUTED FILE THUMBNAIL PHOTO COURTESY for REPRESENTATION via YT VIDEO EDITED BY: Rhayniel Saldasal Calimpong (Freelanced Digital Photojournalist for OneNETnews)

SOURCE: *https://rumble.com/v4gg6e3-a-fat-acceptance-cartoon.html [Referenced YT VIDEO #1 via Think Before You Sleep, per relayed video by Rumble] *https://rumble.com/v4jp1hk-woke-youtuber-is-trying-to-deplatform-me.html [Referenced YT VIDEO #2 via Think Before You Sleep, per relayed video by Rumble] *https://rumble.com/v4o5bu8-the-illymation-drama-continues.html [Referenced YT VIDEO #3f via Think Before You Sleep, per relayed video by Rumble] *https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfG_Er6lyJE [Referenced YT VIDEO via Illymation] *https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqdwQ-VthGU [Referenced YT VIDEO via Osros] *https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8nue473BWs [Referenced YT VIDEO #1 via Breone] *https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6PvpPivdHk [Referenced YT VIDEO #2f via Breone] *https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOXQQmDvc0I [Referenced YT VIDEO via NoahSamsen] *https://youtube.fandom.com/wiki/Illymation *https://youtube.fandom.com/wiki/Think_Before_You_Sleep *https://www.clarip.com/data-privacy/california-consumer-privacy-act-fines/ [Referenced Excerpt Article via Clarip] *https://www.aerlawgroup.com/blog/fact-or-fiction-doxing-someone-can-get-you-arrested/ [Referenced Editorial Article via The Rodriguez Law Group] *https://www.simmrinlawgroup.com/california-penal-code-section-653-2/ [Referenced Editorial Article via Simmrin Law Group] *https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PEN&sectionNum=653.2 [Referenced Law Article via California Legislative Info Database] *https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fat-shaming-can-lead-to-host-of-health-problems/ [Referenced News Article via CBS News] *https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/effects-of-fat-shaming [Referenced News Article via Medical News Today] *https://withinhealth.com/learn/articles/embracing-body-neutrality-in-eating-disorder-recovery [Referenced News Article via Within Health News Bureau] *https://www.apa.org/monitor/2022/03/news-weight-stigma [Referenced Editorial Article via American Psychological Association] *https://old.reddit.com/r/OutOfTheLoop/comments/1bwko4p/what_is_going_on_with_illymations_drama/ [Referenced Subreddit Ask Post via Reddit's OutOfTheLoop] *https://old.reddit.com/r/saltierthankrayt/comments/1be9jm6/comment/kxm7pwk/ [Referenced Subreddit Caption Post via saltierthankrayt] and *https://www.gofundme.com/f/legal-fees-for-breaking-lease [Referenced Donation Listing via GoFundMe]

-- OneNETnews Online Publication Team

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My Last Five Reads

Spring break didn't hold much for reading. Neither did the second half of march in general, but it did hold some good reads.

The American Daughters by Maurice Carlos Ruffin - The plot synopsis on the flap/Goodreads told way too much about this book. I think I rated it a 4 instead of a 5 due to waiting for what was divulged. So I will divulge much less. Ady and her mother Sanite are slaves. They spend their days and nights together, and Ady adores the stories her mother tells of the strong women they descended from. Then the two get separated. The plot is good. The writing is top notch. Just don't read anything about it before you start because Ady's story just won't be as poignant.

After Annie by Anna Quindlen - I felt like this book took me forever to read. According to Goodreads, it took 6 days. But to me, that is forever. And it took forever because of the gut-wrenching sadness of the plot. In the first chapter, Annie dies of a brain aneurysm. She leaves behind a husband, four children, and a best friend who don't know what to do without her. But Ali, the oldest of the children at fourteen, is the one who decides she has to be the one in charge of her siblings and the two aforementioned adults. Heartbreaking doesn't even begin to describe the feeling I got each time I opened the book. It's extremely well written (no surprise from this author) and raw with emotion. 4 stars.

The Last One Home by Victoria Helen Stone - This was a pretty average read started just before our spring break trip to Atlanta, read at night at the hotel when I couldn't sleep, and at the airport before we flew home. There are two timelines: present day with Lauren and 35 years ago with her mother, Donna. In the present timeline, Lauren's paternal grandmother has suffered a stroke and can no longer live in the family home. She "wills" it, per se, to Lauren. Her mother, Donna, has ... issues with her father's family. These issues have caused Lauren trouble throughout her life and continue to do so into her adulthood. Secrets are uncovered as Lauren tries to begin a new life away from her ex in this secluded farmhouse. Writing wasn't bad. Plot was a bit unrealistic. Not bad, not good, just average. 3 stars.

The Witch of Tin Mountain by Paulette Kennedy - A good with witch novel! At the start, I was a little leery as I wasn't connecting the characters with one another, but once things became clearer, I liked it even more. The plot spans mainly 100 years: 1831 - 1931 in Arkansas. In 1831, we briefly meet Celeste who is giving up her son and an important book seemingly walking off to her death. A hundred years later, Gracelynn and her adoptive grandmother continue to live in the Ozarks among whispers that the "cures" they create make them witches. When an evangelist comes to town, the townspeople no longer need said cures. But even worse, Granny recognizes him. Because in the middle of these 100 years, she saw this man in another form and made a deadly promise. I'll end there because this one is too good to spoil! 4 stars

A Great Country by Shilpi Somaya Gowda - The Shah family is living the American dream in a gated community in California. The parents came to America from India, built up a tech-start-up, and have created an ideal life for their children. But at a dinner party one night, they receive a phone call that their 12-year-old son has been arrested. This book was short. Not even 250 pages. And for almost half, the arrest is a mystery as the author spends time building character background. As I read, this irritated me because I so badly wanted to know what was happening to the son. Though I understand now why the author did this: wanting the reader to feel the same anxiety the parents did when they did not know what happened to their son. Once we do find out, the book stays in present-day and focuses on the plot of the legal battle following the arrest and how the event affects the entirety of the family: including the high-school-age daughters. Timely, moving, and an incredible amount of character and plot put into a short amount of pages. 5 stars.

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WSJ: How Trump turned the GOP against helping Ukraine gain additional assistance in a time of dire need

Molly Ball at WSJ:

FORT WASHINGTON, Md.—Billions in potential American aid to Ukraine is stuck in monthslong limbo on Capitol Hill, and to the Trump-loving partisans attending this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference, that’s exactly as it should be. [...]

The annual right-wing confab at Maryland’s National Harbor outside Washington was a vivid illustration of the GOP base that has embraced Trump’s controversial stance toward Russia—and led congressional Republicans to move away from their once-solid support for military assistance to the beleaguered American ally. Prospects for the aid package, which also includes military assistance to Israel and Taiwan and humanitarian aid for Gaza, look shaky in the Republican-led House, which is out of session until the end of the month. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R., La.) has said the chamber won’t take up the Senate bill, which he acknowledges would likely pass if put on the House floor because most Democrats and many Republicans support it. But opposition from Trump and a growing share of the grassroots GOP base has made the issue toxic and divisive within the party. House Democrats are working to force the bill to the floor through a rarely used procedural gambit called a discharge petition, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.

A group called Republicans for Ukraine this week launched a six-figure digital ad campaign in the districts of 10 House Republicans it hopes would support such an effort. A 60-second ad features rank and file GOP voters who argue that not doing so puts American national security at risk. The group’s executive director, the anti-Trump GOP consultant Sarah Longwell, said the ad aims to show that not all the party’s voters are in Trump’s camp on the issue. “Trump’s always been in love with Putin, but now a big chunk of the Republican Party is as well,” Longwell lamented in an interview. “If you grew up with the Cold War as a backdrop, to watch what’s happening to the Republican Party right now is absolutely staggering. Ronald Reagan would be spinning in his grave.”

In recent weeks, Trump has declined to condemn Russian President Vladimir Putin for the Feb. 16 death of Alexei Navalny, instead comparing his own multifarious legal issues to the plight of the imprisoned opposition leader. He has said he wouldn’t defend NATO countries that don’t meet their financial commitments to the alliance but would instead encourage Russia “to do whatever the hell they want.” In a CNN town hall in May, he refused to say which side he hoped would win the war. Trump’s remaining primary opponent, former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley, has harshly criticized his stance. “Trump is siding with a dictator who kills his political opponents,” she said at a recent campaign appearance in South Carolina. “Trump sided with an evil man over our allies who stood with us on 9/11. Think about what that told them.” But Haley’s failure to get traction with that argument—she has yet to win a primary and is polling about 30 points behind Trump in her home state in advance of Saturday’s South Carolina primary—demonstrates that her hawkish views are a minority position in today’s GOP, which is broadly skeptical of foreign aid and unmoved by warnings that Western democracy is at stake.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, who once held his GOP flock in near-unanimous accord, now finds himself in a similar position on an issue he has championed as crucial to his political legacy. “We haven’t equipped the brave people of Ukraine, Israel or Taiwan with lethal capabilities in order to win philanthropic accolades,” McConnell said on the Senate floor. “We’re not urgently strengthening defenses in the Indo-Pacific because it feels good. We don’t wield American strength frivolously. We do it because it is in our own interest.” Younger Republican senators led by J.D. Vance of Ohio, who was scheduled to speak at CPAC on Friday, reject that argument and instead embrace Trump’s America First views. Once-hawkish senators such as Lindsey Graham and Marco Rubio followed Vance’s lead rather than joining McConnell on the foreign-aid vote.

In a December Wall Street Journal poll, 56% of Republicans said the U.S. was doing “too much” to help Ukraine, while 11% said it wasn’t doing enough. When the same question was asked in a Journal poll shortly after the war began, in March 2022, 6% of Republicans said America was doing too much for Ukraine, compared with 61% who said it wasn’t doing enough.

Trump’s relationship with Russia and its autocratic leader has long been controversial. During the 2016 campaign he implored Russia to hack and release Hillary Clinton’s emails, and U.S. intelligence agencies later concluded he benefited from Russian election interference. The early years of Trump’s administration were shadowed by Robert Mueller’s investigation into Trump’s links to Russia, which he called a witch hunt and a hoax. In Helsinki in 2018, he stood beside Putin and declared that he trusted the Russian leader’s word over that of the American intelligence community.

In 2019, Trump was impeached for the first time for allegedly threatening to withhold military assistance from Ukraine unless it provided evidence of what he insisted were Biden’s corrupt activities there. House Republicans have continued to pursue those corruption allegations in an impeachment inquiry that suffered a severe blow when a key witness was accused of fabricating his claims on behalf of Russian intelligence. Now, as Putin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine nears its second anniversary, the conflict is mired in a bitter stalemate, and President Volodymyr Zelensky says further aid is desperately needed. The Ukrainian city of Avdiivka recently fell to the Russians in what experts called a direct result of the ammunition shortage created by a lack of U.S. military aid. Ukrainian soldiers have reportedly been spotted scrolling American political news on their phones as they man the war’s front lines, tracking the congressional debate.

2 years after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Donald Trump, Trumpist-aligned GOP politicians, and the MAGA influencers in the right-wing media commentariat have turned most Republicans off of supporting further help to aid Ukraine in their war against Russian aggression.

[tsunderrated]

Hey, saw your tag. I'll try to be brief: the whole current Niji situation started back in December because Selen/Doki wanted to publish a song before Christmas, so she went ahead and got perms from the original artist to try and speed things up- management is very slow in Niji, so this was understandable, and also they've been blocking her attempts at other projects.

Well, they told her no to publishing the video. Selen published anyway, video was privated, she asked fans to reuploaf the video to other channels, and it seems that Selen lost somewhere around $15k on this project and $200k throughout all of 2023. This seemed to be the straw that broke the camel's back, so she tried to commit suicide (twice apparently). During her hospital stay, Niji suspends her.

She gets better, sometime around Feb she explains why she was in the hospital. Niji announces her termination. Selen- now Doki- decides to restart her channel from her past life- Dokibird. Before her first stream back she hits 300k, and she seems excited to move on with her life. During this, Niji basically keeps attacking- her termination would be negligible to profits they said (and were wrong), they tried to release new merch, and the big thing: Doki said she was being bullied by management- Niji's termination notice implies it was management AND other talents, seemingly to start a witch hunt. Doki asks her fans to be respectful and not attack anyone, a lot of Niji livers lose a bunch of subs.

Doki's first gaming stream back, which she was excited to do because she wanted to move on and also wanted to play Neopets after years of management telling her no- at the exact same time this stream goes live, Elira's channel- with herself, Vox, and Ike- post an "our side" video where they attempt to defame Doki/Selen as a trouble maker that didn't want to follow rules, could have "easily graduated" whenever, Vox says she tried to dox him with a voice recording but it turned out that was simply a leftover test from an event they were planning, and was never shown to anyone else, even in a legal setting according to Doki. Also, they kind of prove how slow management is by revealing her manager did not get back in touch with her for 30+ hours, I believe, siting the real reasoning for the privating was not perms from the original song writer (who gave the okay), but the fact it had graduated Niji members in the video.

During this video- this is very important- they reveal they were shown documents- documents of which Vox admits he "looked over thoroughly"- it turns out none of them were supposed to see these documents legally. This was between Doki, her lawyer, Niji's lawyers, and I believe management. They were signed and they were legally not allowed to spread this information to anyone besides the above parties, as it contained various information such as Doki's legal and medical information (big, big legal no no to spread that without permission).

This also has implications that those three were the bullies Nijisanji outed in Selen's termination notice, but again, nothing is said in stone.

Icing on the cake: Anycolor (owns Niji) CEO makes a public apology in a heavily scripted video from a teleprompter, apologizing first to investors, then apologizing for "poor choice of words" essentially.

Doki/Selen reveals she and her lawyer planned for some sort of attack from Niji and other Livers, so now things get serious with receipts she has. She was willing to sweep it all under the rug to move on with her life, but they wouldn't let her.

Now we're at this situation being such a dumpster fire that, again, it's being used in law schools for mock trials. Various lawyers on the web basically prove that this violates multiple country privacy laws on top of the other things Doki has on them.

Now you're caught up as far as I'm aware. A lot of allegations of poor management and inter talent bullying seems backed up by things other ex Niji talents have said in other spaces in the past (such as Mysta/K9 Kuro and Nina/Matara Kan being actually surprised that management actually were responsive and did their jobs at Vshojo), and with the recent wave of graduations from Mika, Pomu, soon Kyo if I'm understanding correctly, and the silence of various talents including Scarle (she's currently on watch after liking a comment saying "KuroSanji"- basically calling Nijisanji a Black Company. Said comment was deleted and she's missed 1 members stream and 1 scheduled stream after seemingly isolating herself with a friend), it seems that NijiEN is not a very good company to be employed with.

Hope this helps! If I'm forgetting anything or if I made an error, someone feel free to correct me.

wow very thorough!!! thank you it makes sense to me!!!